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Bei Wei Wei from the computer science department is an avid gamer. One day, to her surprise, she is asked to virtually marry the best player on her server. What Wei Wei doesn't know, however, is that he is her university's most admired student and game developer, Xiao Nai.

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Love O2O will absolutely not appeal to everyone, but if you're tired of all the makjang (overblown, overly dramatic) shows and are craving something simple and straightforward, look no further!

Some things that especially appealed to me were the relationships between the main characters and their friends. I loved Xiao Nai's no-nonsense and even aggressive style in pursuing his love. You could really see that this was a boy who fell head-over-heels for the girl. Watching how his facial expressions showed how captivated he was by all of Wei Wei's reactions had me captivated, as well. Plus, I can't help but like a smart girl-smart boy combination! And, as a non-gamer, I really enjoyed getting a glimpse into a game world. Seeing how game fallout affected the players' real lives was a good way to keep the game and real world scenes connected.

On the flip side, the level of gossip and backbiting in this show bordered on an overly direct and preachy after-school show style. Should you make up things about others? No. But, we don't need to put it on the wash and repeat cycle, either. Frankly, the writing felt a little lazy when it came to plot points, and many of the tropes were dropped too easily without much thought put into them. You barely got a taste of conflict before it was just swept under the carpet.

Technically, the show was shot well with excellent lighting and nice choices of wardrobe. But, did they have to emphasize how thin the main actress was? If that's her natural form, that's fine, but some of the short skirts and skorts made her look decidedly unhealthy. Also, the 3D and filming crews did a good job for the most part. There were only a few moments when I questioned their choices, such as some overly-creative and unfortunately unattractive angles and the use of a very unsteady handheld for a scene that definitely needed a stabilizer. Finally, the music seemed to follow the gaming theme a little too much. Even some of the background and effects music in the real world scenes were just midi synths, which didn't really fit once the game world was left behind.

Clearly, this show is not perfect, but I easily watched all 30 episodes in just 3 days. I was sad when I hit episode 28 and realized just 2 were left! Love O2O was fun and engaging, and I would happily watch it all over again just to look for the more subtle facial and body language cues of the main actors that I missed while reading subtitles. If you enjoy romantic comedy, then I seriously doubt you'll be disappointed. ^^

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I liked it a lot, but in my opinion it was a bit too long. Loved an unusual story, both main characters were just perfect. There was chemistry between them but still I think they didn't express their feelings much (maybe it's just cultural difference xD)

AAAAAHHHH OK BUT BEST COUPLE GOES TO KO AND HAO MEI
Also this drama is a good example of an easygoing drama that can still be entertaining without all the melodrama and conflict, I really enjoyed it because of that

I really liked it. This drama had some awesome relationships in it, especially the friendships. I liked it that the "bad guys" didn't succeed even a little in breaking up a realtionship in this drama, even though they tried. I was expecting the drama clishees with lots of misunderstandings but I was pleasantly surprised.
I was really hooked in the beginning but the middle started to drag, there i started skip watching a bit. In the last strectch I found the drama more interesting again.
I liked that they used the game scenes, It was something fresh and innovative. (Even though it started to annoy me in later episodes when I just wanted the story to move forward).
The romance was a bit too cheesy for my taste but they were really cute together.